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untracked powder is almost always available. Look at the map- find the Moran Face. Exit Casper Chair to the right. Go straight. Follow the Moran traverse. Stay high, and follow every sidestep you see to maintain elevation. Go further than any trail sign tells you- beyond what you'd expect. You'll have a moderately pitched, wide-open bowl with some trees with very little tracks- nobody skis here. Hit the traverse down below, take a right, back to Casper quad (was a triple until a few years ago). and repeat.

Another trick- take the Gondola up, get out and head toward Woolsey woods. Stay to the skier's left, and find your way into some cool terrain.

Another thing- if you're into it- hike straight up behind the gondola (it's called the elevator shaft- it's worth it) to the Crags. Don't be afraid, just keep traversing over from the top. It'll be untracked and amazing. Some of the best skiing anywhere. Drops you down into the area around the Moran Face.

At this time of year, the bottom half of the mountain will be getting plenty of sun on some of the ridges- even with all the snow, it will get crusty- so getting high and doing laps off Casper, Sublette, and thunder are always fun, and better bets. There's basically two climates at JH- the bottom half, and the top half of the mountain. On a sunny, warm day in March, you may get powder/chalky snow up on the north facing stuff, and corn snow in places around the bottom half. It's a big, awesome mountain.

if you're in for steeps- Alta chutes off Sublette and Tower 3/Mushroom chutes (the woods next to tower 3 chutes) off Thunder are always chalky as they never get sun.

Get after it and have fun!

edit: the "hike" from Sublette to Casper Bowl/Crags is definitely easier (more of a sidestep traverse from here- just takes more time to get to, and forget about it if you're on a board). And as mentioned, untracked trees can be found under the gondola- as most people fan out away from their and you can often find the goods right under your chin (literally). And as mentioned, the Tram is somewhat of a time-suck (it's cool, but some long-timers often argued why drop $20mm on a tram when you could build another gondola and several more chairlifts? The wait often sucks, and Tram laps can be pretty brutal this time of year! Stay high all day!).

Coming from someone who lives here this is all great advice. Only a few things to add, If you are hiking Headwall or Casper Bowl I really prefer the hike from tensleep bowl. Maybe a little longer but much much easier.

In my opinion the tram is not worth the wait if there is a line past the wooden railing. You are looking at a 20-30 minute wait and a 10 minute ride up. In that time you can go Teeweenot -> Sweetwater and be at the casper lift. From there you can get to Thunder or just do Moran woods laps as stated above. Tram/Gondi often open late on big powder days anyway. Doing 2 laps at casper and being one of the first at thunder before the tram even opens is always the way to go.

Could have used that info a week ago. Either way I still found plenty of fresh tracks doing the gondola loop. It's a fantastic mountain and I can't wait to get back there with someone with backcountry experience.

"locals" (read: often east/west coasters that arrive after college and act like their family founded the place 200 years ago!) can have an unfortunate attitude of the mountain being "theirs" which I can't wrap my head around.

If I'm a "local" it's mine to share. Everyone should enjoy the mountains. I didn't' build it, I don't own it- and I sure as shit don't make it snow- so I don't see why people are so caught up in local elitism/exclusivity/ownership mentality. It really sucks to be around.